Born on August 26, 1979, in Yerevan, Armenia.
ACADEMIC DEGREE, TITLE
Candidate of Legal Sciences.
EDUCATION
1996–2000 Bachelor’s degree in Law, Faculty of Law, Yerevan State University.
2000–2002 Master’s degree in Law, Faculty of Law, Yerevan State University.
2002-2004 Postgraduate studies at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, specialty – International Law.
2004-2005 Postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Law, Yerevan State University, specialty – International Law. Dissertation topic: “International Legal Grounds for State Responsibility for the Crime of Genocide.”
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2003-2006
Chief Specialist at the Legal Advisory Service (Department) of the Staff of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia.
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2006-2013
Head of the Division of International Treaties of the Legal Advisory Service (Department) of the Staff of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia.
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2013-2016
Head of the Legal Advisory Service (Department) of the Staff of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia.
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2016-2018
Advisor to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia.
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2018-2019
Chief of the Staff of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia.
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2019-2021
Deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia (7th convocation), Chairperson of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs.
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2021 – March 26, 2026
Deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia (8th convocation), Chairperson of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs.
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On March 25, 2026
upon the nomination of the President of the Republic, he was elected Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia by the National Assembly.
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2005-2020
Lecturer, Yerevan State University.
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2008-2010
Lecturer, Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University.
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2010-2014
Senior Lecturer, Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University.
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2014-2015
Senior Lecturer and Acting Head of the Chair, Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University.
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2016-2019
Executive Director, “Constitutional Culture” International Analytical Center Foundation.
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2019-2026
Member of the Delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
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2019-2026
Member of the PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights.
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2019-2026
Member of the PACE Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights.
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2019-2026
Member of the PACE Sub-Committee on Human Rights.
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2019-2024
Member of the PACE Sub-Committee on the Implementation of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.
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In 2020
Rapporteur on the topic “The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on human rights and the rule of law”.
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2020-2022
Chairperson of the PACE Sub-Committee on Human Rights.
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2020-2025
Member of the PACE Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs.
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2020-2022
General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty for the PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights.
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2022-2023
Member of the PACE Sub-Committee on Ethics.
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2022-2024
Vice-Chairperson of the PACE Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights.
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2024-2026
Member of the PACE Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights.
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2025-2026
Member of the PACE Committee on Rules of Procedure, Ethics and Immunities.
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2025-2026
Vice-Chairperson of the PACE Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights.
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In 2025
Rapporteur on the topic “Draft Third Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters”.
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In 2025
Rapporteur on the topic “Draft Convention on the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer”.
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In 2026
Chairperson of the PACE Committee on Rules of Procedure, Ethics and Immunities.
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Since 2021
Member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission).
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Since 2025
Vice-Chairperson of the Sub-Commission on International Law of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission).
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2019–2026
Member of the Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA CIS).
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2021–2026
Vice-Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Legal Issues of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA CIS).
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On October 13, 2025
he was awarded the medal “Zasłużony dla Nauki Polskiej Sapientia et Veritas” by the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland for his significant contribution to the development of science, international scientific cooperation, and the promotion of academic values.
OTHER INFORMATION
Languages: Armenian (native), Russian (fluent), English (fluent), French (elementary).
Divorced, has two children.
Scientific-methodological works
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